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Supplementary Motor Cortex

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This page covers biological details of component group Supplementary Motor Cortex. Component group is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to center: Cerebral Cortex -> Anterior Lobe (NC.LOBE.ANT) -> Supplementary Motor Cortex (NMA.NC.SMC) (see Mind Maps)
• Function: Process sequences of movements and coordinate bilateral movements

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Components

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Component items:

• Supplementary Eye Field (NMA.NC.SMC.SEF): high level aspects of saccade control
• Pre-Supplementary Motor Area (NMA.NC.SMC.F6): High level motor functions; Numerical and verbal mental-operation tasks
• Supplementary Motor Area (NMA.NC.SMC.F3): Movement execution; Numerical and verbal mental-operation tasks

Connectivity

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Internal Regions Connections:

• no connections

External Connections:

External Inbound Center Connections:

Source Center	Reference
Motor Thalamus (FD.TH.MR)	Thalamocortical relationships (VA -> pVA, abstract)
Lateral Prefrontal Cortex (NC.AL.LPFC)	Primate Control of Grasping (46 -> F6, abstract)
Premotor Cortex (NC.PMC)	(unknown reference)
Superior Parietal Lobule (NC.SPL)	Movement Planning (PPC -> SMC, abstract)

External Outbound Center Connections:

Target Center	Reference
Subthalamus Area (FEC.FD.STA)	(unknown reference)
Basal Ganglia (FEC.FT.BG)	Global visual system (FrontalCortex -> BGA, abstract)
Medullary Reticular Formation (HL.RF)	(unknown reference)
Pontine Reticular Formation (HT.RF)	Vocal Control (M2 -> RF, abstract)
Mesencephalic Reticular Formation (MM.RF)	Horizontal saccades and smooth pursuit movements (FEFSEF -> RIP, abstract)
Premotor Cortex (NC.PMC)	3 Visual Cortex Paths (pre-SMA -> dPM, abstract)